holiday decoration extravaganza I

THANK YOU for sending me your christmas trees and holiday decorations! i'm coming home on thursday, and though i'm very excited, i'll be a bit sad to leave my tiny tree!

here is mom's adorable tree! i should give ryan credit too, except that when he put the tree together, he put the branches on upside down. i think rimmy told him to do it that way.

this is dad's pretty tree on ashmont street. it's particularly cute in this picure because stripe hasn't taken off the ornaments yet. i'm sure she thinks dad put up a big green thing covered in cat toys! i have no idea how dad ended up taking a black and white photograph. he probably doesn't either.

voilá alison and matt's menorah. it was a hanukkah present (early) and therefore does not violate any no-present rules. i love the shape, and also couldn't help noticing the little rooster guy standing next to it!

michaela sent me this picture of her and her roommate's tabletop tree. it is very cute! (my own tree is a tabletop one from target, but it does not sport such an elegant pot, plus i have to fill the pot with coins in order to prevent the ornaments from pulling the tree over.) notice the little wooden trees underneath...not a christmas present either!!!

if you haven't sent me your holiday decorations (rayball, i know you have one), it's not too late! hrzipper@gmail.com

send me your christmas tree!!!

if you are putting up a christmas tree this year, please send me a photo of it for my blog! if you don't have a tree, send me a picture of your holiday decorations!
this nativity belonged to ann, and now here it is in my little apartment. when debbie came to visit, she put my little owl guy on the top and now he is looking down on the holy family. the sheep is particularly cute with her leather ears.

last year i decorated my tree two times. i wanted my friends and family to come and decorate the tree, but they couldn't all come on the same day, so first i decorated the tree with ryan, marin, ann, maxwell, and mingus. the next day i took the ornaments off the tree, and my friends from school came over and put them on again.

a little christmas guy!

over thanksgiving, janet came to our house and gave all of the cousins a little suprise. mine was an adorable milo in maine tee...and a little guy! i think he came from the craft fair at charlotte's school. i love him! i'm not sure if he's santa or a little elf or a wizard but he has a bushy white beard and a little bell at the top of his hat. i think he's santa wearing his pajamas, before he puts on his red outfit.

speaking of little guys, flylady wrote to everyone about a little guy with cancer. his name is brandon, he's 14 years old and you can read about him on his website. we all know that sometimes this sort of thing turns out to be a scam...but he seems to be a real kid who is really having a hard time. every little bit counts! even when you are a dodo.

uh oh

i can't compose or do any more work because of this puppy cam.

my tiny tree

last night we decorated my tiny tree. max and leslie and mingus were there, as well as adam and joyce, and hannah. i would post pictures of my friends but it seems that we only took pictures of mingus! he thinks that's exactly how it should be. leslie and max brought two adorable ornaments.

if you have a tree this year, send me a picture!